Informing and Explaining a Topic Worksheet
This informing and explaining a topic worksheet lets 3rd graders sort model sentences by their job and then write their own short informative paragraph. An answer key is included to make checking quick and easy.
$6.97
Want this one free?
Tell us where to send it and it’s yours — no card, no catch.
One free resource per teacher. We’ll also send free teaching ideas each week — unsubscribe anytime.
Free teacher account · no credit card
Membership
Get every game, song, & printable
- Every game, on any device
- 6,500+ resources
- Assign online with HFT Classroom
Then $39.97/year · cancel anytime · See plans
- Instant digital download
- Printable PDF + answer key
- Made by real teachers
Teacher / Family membership
Teaching is easier with every resource
One membership for your whole year: 6,500+ worksheets, games, songs and videos for Preschool–6th, for your classroom or homeschool.
- Unlimited printables & downloads
- Every game, on any device
- Assign online with HFT Classroom
- Cancel anytime
Teacher / Family membership · 3 days free
Yearly
Monthly would be $119.64 a year
$3.33/month
Billed $39.97 once a year
You save $79.67 every year
Start My 3 Free Days$0 today · cancel anytime
Monthly
$9.97/month
Flexible, month to month
Yearly is just $3.33/mo. Switch and save $79.67
Start My 3 Free Days$0 today · cancel anytime
About this resource
Description
This informing and explaining a topic worksheet helps third graders learn how a clear informative paragraph is built. Good informative writing introduces a topic, gives facts and details that teach the reader something true, links those ideas with words like also and another, and ends with a closing that wraps everything up. Students learn this pattern best when they can study a real model before they write on their own.
How to Use the Worksheet
In the first part, students read six sentences about lighthouses that are printed out of order. For each sentence they fill in a bubble to show its job: T if it introduces the topic, F if it gives a fact or detail, or C if it is the closing. A friendly painted lighthouse on a rocky island illustrates the topic. In the second part, students pick a topic they know well and write a topic sentence, two facts, and a closing on labeled writing lines, using at least one linking word. Together the two parts make a complete 3rd grade informative writing worksheet for one lesson.
What’s Included
- Six model sentences about lighthouses with T, F, and C bubbles for each one
- A legend that explains the job of each sentence in kid-friendly words
- Four labeled writing lines for the student’s own topic sentence, facts, and closing
- An answer key with the correct bubbles filled in and a sample paragraph about maple trees
Why This Worksheet Helps Kids
- Students see every part of an informative paragraph before they write one themselves.
- Sorting sentences by their job builds the planning skills students need for longer essays.
- Practicing linking words helps students connect facts so their writing flows smoothly.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Before students start, read the six lighthouse sentences aloud in the correct order and ask which one should come first and which one should come last. After students finish the informing and explaining a topic worksheet, have them trade papers with a partner who underlines the topic sentence, circles the linking word, and puts a star next to the closing. You can also give students a short stack of library books so they can find new facts for their own topic, or turn the finished paragraphs into a class book of facts.
Related Resources
What teachers say
Reviews
Write a review, earn store credit
Get 25¢ in credit for every approved review of a resource you’ve downloaded, played or purchased — up to 15 a month. Credit applies automatically to your membership payments, so your reviews can help pay for your membership.
Honest reviews only — any star rating earns the same. Program rules
Log in to write a review and earn store credit.
This third grade Citing Evidence from the Text Worksheet guides students to state an opinion about a book or article and support it with evidence from the text. A no-prep opinion-writing organizer for reading and writing time.
This using digital resources assessment worksheet asks 3rd graders to choose the right online tool for each job and solve writing problems with computer skills. An answer key is included.
The Creating a Powerpoint Worksheet walks 3rd graders through ordering the steps, deciding what belongs on a slide, and planning their own opening slide. Answer key included, so presentation practice takes no prep at all.
A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 24 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
Let's Publish My Writing Activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade writers pick a prompt card, plan, and type one full page on the computer, then check their work with a publishing checklist.
A NJSLA-A 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 19 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This writing tweets activity has kids read a bird feeder how-to text and answer fun prompt cards. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with an answer key included for the practice page.
This take note writing activity has 3rd to 5th grade students sort print and digital sources, research a state with question cards, and take notes in their own words. Answer key included.
Students use a four-rule conventions checklist, then proofread and rewrite four sentences that each hide two mistakes. This 3rd grade command of the conventions writing checklist worksheet includes an answer key for confident, independent editing practice.
This supporting an opinion worksheet helps 3rd graders find the opinion, reasons, example and conclusion in a model paragraph, then plan their own. An answer key is included.
This back to school adjective writing activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students plan a first-day story and add describing words. An answer key is included for the practice page.
The best season is writing activity guides 1st-3rd Grade writers to plan and publish an opinion piece about their favorite season, with a model, practice and answer key included.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet